8.9/10270 votesLoading...#1 - Firefly
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/30/2016
A notorious slave hunter tracks the runners as John and Elizabeth face a lethal predicament.
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Writer: N/A
8.7/10230 votesLoading...#2 - Minty
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 4/12/2017
Harriet Tubman reflects on a life lived with conviction, compassion, and courage
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Writer: N/A
8.6/10237 votesLoading...#3 - Graves
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/27/2016
Rosalee and Cato pose as free folks to get medicine after Noah got shot, while still being hunted by August and Jeremiah's posse. Sam is recaptured and returned to the plantation. Macon looks to rally his supporters.
Director: Kate Woods
Writer: N/A
8.1/10291 votesLoading...#4 - War Chest
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/16/2016
A plantation dance becomes the perfect distraction for a heist while John and Elizabeth step into a strange new world.
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Writer: N/A
8.1/10268 votesLoading...#5 - The Lord's Day
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/23/2016
The timetable for escape is agreed upon and Rosalee is tasked with the most important part of the plan.
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Writer: N/A
8.1/10247 votesLoading...#6 - Cradle
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/20/2016
The runners take shelter in Indian territory. James is put to work in the cotton field. Elizabeth discovers Boo alone after she was separated from her father. August learns his wife broke out of the Asylum.
Director: Kate Woods
Writer: N/A
8.0/10345 votesLoading...#7 - The Macon 7
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/9/2016
In 1857, a group of slaves on a Georgia plantation make the dangerous decision to journey 600 miles north for the promise of freedom.
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Writer: N/A
8.0/10242 votesLoading...#8 - Run & Gun
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/6/2016
There's a $1000 bounty on all of the heads of the seven runaways, and August and his son are hot on their trail. The seven look to reach the train heading north. Pearly Mae is punished and Tom want information from her.
Director: Romeo Tirone
Writer: N/A
8.0/10231 votesLoading...#9 - Troubled Water
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/13/2016
The runners steal a floating barge and ride up river. August's chase takes him into Indian territory. Hawkes finds himself working with a posse to catch runaways within the area.
Director: Romeo Tirone
Writer: N/A
7.9/10275 votesLoading...#10 - The White Whale
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/11/2016
Everyone must pay for their sins when the day of reckoning arrives.
Director: Tim Hunter
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10106 votesLoading...
#11 - Soldier
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 5/10/2017
The road to freedom is paved in blood.
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Writer: N/A
7.7/10240 votesLoading...#12 - Black & Blue
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/4/2016
Rosalee is captured and held at the smokehouse, prompting Noah and Cato to rescue her. John learns of Elizabeth's reckless actions involving Kyle.
Director: Tim Hunter
Writer: N/A
7.4/10174 votesLoading...#13 - Contraband
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/8/2017
The remaining members of the Macon 7 have made it North, but they've learned that freedom is not as simple as crossing a line.
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/10141 votesLoading...
#14 - Things Unsaid
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/15/2017
As Elizabeth struggles to regain her bearings following her husband's murder, Noah is being taken to his new owner as Rosalee and a group of runaways try to stay one step ahead of Patty Cannon.
Director: Greg Yaitanes
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/10138 votesLoading...
#15 - Nok Aaut
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/29/2017
Cato and Noah must face the choices they've made to get where they are.
Director: Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/10133 votesLoading...
#16 - Ache
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/22/2017
Unbearable complications threaten to break both Ernestine and Rosalee's will to live.
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/10110 votesLoading...
#17 - Citizen
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 5/3/2017
Noah struggles with his new reality; Elizabeth lets fear take control.
Director: Lawrence Trilling
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/10129 votesLoading...
#18 - Whiteface
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/5/2017
Cato tempts fate; Ernestine takes on a new apprentice.
Director: Kate Woods
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/10122 votesLoading...
#19 - Auld Acquaintance
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 4/26/2017
Noah struggles to devise a new plan; Ernestine forms an unlikely bond.
Director: Christopher Meloni
Writer: N/A
- 5.6/10117 votesLoading...
#20 - 28
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 4/19/2017
Rosalee and Noah learn that family betrayal cuts the deepest.
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Underground
Every episode of Underground ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Underground!
A group of slaves plan a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running...
Genre:Drama
Network:WGN America
Best Episodes Summary
"Firefly" is the best rated episode of "Underground". It scored 8.9/10 based on 270 votes. Directed by Anthony Hemingway and written by N/A, it aired on 3/30/2016. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Minty".